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CORN HARVESTER.

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CORN HARVESTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. SHARP, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE D. M.

OSBORNE & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECTFJECATION forming art of Letters Patent lilo. 614,663, dated November 3, 1838 Apiili'riation filed Ottber 12,1896. Serial No. 603,549. (No model.)

To azz whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. SHARP, of Auburn,county of Cayuga, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Corn-Harvesters, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to corn-harvesters, and has for its object to improve the construction of a corn-harvestersuch, for instance, as shown and described in United States Letters Patent granted to me, No. 539,830, dated May 28', 1895to the end that the deck of the binder may be adjusted to ward and from the tying mechanism. The floor of the corn-passage from the cutter to the binder may be adjusted to different inclinations in order that its rear end may 00- cupy different elevated positions to correspond to the position of the binder-deck, and said floor may be lengthened and shortened, as required, to correspond to the varying distance between the cutter and binder-deck.

My invention also has for its object to embody said features in a corn-harvester having a rearwardly-inclined binder at the rear of the passage-way along which the standing corn is fed.

My present improvements are herein shown as embodied in a corn-harvester wherein the deck of the binder is disposed so as to form a continuation of the floor of the passage-way along which the standing corn is fed and is or may be made adjustable toward and from the tying mechanism of said binder to thereby vary the height or distance from the butts that the corn is to be bound, and the floor of the passage -way is inclined upward from front to rear and is pivoted at its front end, so that its opposite end may be adjusted to different elevations, and said floor is made longitudinally extensible, so as to be lengthened or shortened, as required, to correspond to the varying distance between the cutter and the binder-deck.

In carrying out this invention the adj ustable binder-deck may, if desired,be connected with said pivoted floor, and said connection may be such that said deck is adapted to be moved in and out telescopically with relation thereto, and the means employed for adjusting the binder-deck may also simultaneously adj ust the floor of said passage-way to vary its relative position and also to vary its length, and thus insure an uninterrupted floor or rest for the butts of the standing corn as it is conveyed along the passage-way.

Figure 1 shows in plan view a sufficient portion of a corn-harvester embodying my invention to enable it to be understood; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the machine shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail showing a portion of the adjustable deck and means for moving it.

The gathering-arms, composed, essentially, of the upper inclined portions a and lower horizontal portions 12, are supported by the framework and adapted to form a more or less laterally-confined passage-way extending from the forward end of the machine rearwardly toward a binder, which latter may be of any suitable construction, and a cutter crosses said passage-way substantially midway its length, which severs the corn that is congregated or gathered in by said gatheringarms. Feeding devices are employed which feed the corn along said laterally-confined passage-way, and said feeding devices may consist of an upper or stalk feeding device 01?, herein shown as comprising a pair of feeding-chains moving in parallelism with the upwardly-inclined portions, and a lower or butt feeding device, herein shown as comprising a set of reciprocating toothed plates 0.

So much of the corn-harvester herein shown is substantially the same as is represented in United States Letters Patent No. 539,830, above referred to, to which reference may be had. r

The binder n, which of itself may be of any usual or suitable construction adapted to receive the severed corn, form it into bundles, and then tie and discharge the bundles, is located at the rear of the machine and is herein represented as inclined rearwardly.

The floor 0 of the laterally-confined passage-way along which the severed corn is fed is inclined upwardly from front to rear, and it is pivoted at its forward end to the framework, as at 0 so that it may be adjusted on its pivotal connection or supportby raising or lowering its rear end.

The deck of the binder n is represented at n, it having an oblique portion a and a horizontal portion 01 and said deck is formed with upturned side edges, and its forward end is extended and formed to embrace the rear end of the floor c of the passage-way to thereby form a telescopic connection with said fioor, resulting in lengthening or shortening said floor as said deck is moved out or in. By moving the deck of the binder in and out with relation to the floor c, which, as it will be observed, is toward and from the tying mechanism of the binder n, the height at which the bundles will be tied or the distance from the butts may be varied, and also the relative position of said floor may be changed 2'. 6., its rear end will be adjusted to different elevations and the length of said floor will be changed to meet the requirements.

It is obvious that many ways may be devised for adjusting the binder-deck toward and from its tying mechanism; but for simplicity I have herein shown a lever 02, pivoted at n to a stand on the frame and pivotally connected at n to the adjustable deck of the binder and formed at its outer end as a handlever 11, which may be grasped by the hand of the operator and moved back and forth on its pivot a, to thereby move or adjust the binder-deck in and out. A rack-toothed bar 71 is secured to the frame, into engagement with which said lever is brought as the latter is set in its different positions.

I do not desire to limit myinvention to any particular form or construction of deck for the binder, as it is obvious that it may be made in many ways without departing from this invention.

It will be observed that as the binder-deck is moved toward and from the tying mechanism of the rearwardly-inclined binder n the floor of the passage-way along which the corn is fed is also moved or adjusted simultaneously therewith, so that the floor of said passage-way continues uninterrupted. I do not desire to limit my invention to adjusting the fioor of the passage-way with said deck, as it is obvious that said floor may be made rigid or may be adjusted independently of the deck.

I claim- 1. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is conveyed having an upwardly-inclined longitudinally-extensible floor, substantially as described.

2. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is conveyed having an upwardly-inclined longitudinally-extensible floor pivoted at its forward end adjacent the cutter, substantially as described.

3. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is conveyed having an upwardly-inclined longitudinally-extensible fioor and a binder at the rear of said passage-way having a deck connected with said floor, substantially as described.

4. In acorn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a floor pivoted at its forward end and inclined upward from front to rear, and made longitudinally extensible, and a binder at the rear of said passage-way having a deck disposed to form a continuation of said floor, substantially as described.

5. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a floor pivoted at its forward end and inclined upward from front to rear, and made longitudinally extensible, and a binder at the rear of said passage-wayhaving a deck disposed to form a continuation of said floor made adjustable toward and from the tying mechanism, substantially as described.

6. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a floor inclined upward from front to rear, a rearwardly-inclined binder at the rear thereof, and an adjustable deck for said binder forming a continuation of the floor of said passage-way, it having an oblique portion a and a substantially horizontal portion 02 substantially as described.

7. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed havinga floor inclined upward from front to rear, a binder at the rear thereof, a deck for said binder arranged at right angles to the shafts of the binding mechanism and forming a continuation of the floor of said passage-way, and means for moving said binder-deck telescopically with relation to said floor to thereby adjust its position relative to the tying mechanism, substantially as described.

8. In a corn-harvester, a passageway along which the standing corn is fed having a floor inclined upward from front to rear, a rearwardly-inclined binder at the rear thereof, and an adjustable deck for said binder having an oblique portion, and a substantially horizontal portion, it forming a continuation of and movable in and out with relation to the floor of said passage-way, substantially as described.

9. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a floor inclined upward from front to rear and pivoted at its front end, a rearwardly-inclined binder at the rear thereof, a binder-deck connected with said floor bya sliding connection, and means for adjusting the position of said deck to vary the height at which the corn is to be bound, and at the same time varying the length and relative position of said pivoted floor, substantially as described.

10. In a corn-harvester,a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a floor pivoted at its forward end and inclined upward from front to rear, a binder at the rear thereof having a deck connected with and forming a continuation of said pivoted floor, and means for adjusting said deck to vary the height at which the bundle shall be bound and for simultaneously moving said floor to vary its inclination to correspond with the position of said deck, and to also vary its length, substantially as described.

11. In a corn-harvester,a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a pivoted floor inclined upward from front to rear, andabinder at the rear thereof having a deck connected with and forming a continuation of said pivoted floor, and a lever connected with said deck for adjusting it in and out with relation to said floor, and toward and from the tying mechanism of the binder, substantially as described.

12. In acorn-harvester,a passage-way along which the standing corn isfed having a pivoted floor inclined upward from front to rear, and a binder at the rear thereof having a deck made separate and connected with and form-' ing a continuation of said pivoted floor, and means for moving said deck toward and from the tying mechanism of said binder, and simultaneously extending the floor and diminishing its inclination'when moving the deck toward the tying mechanism, and shortening the floor and increasing its inclination when moving the deck in the opposite way, substantially as described.

13. In a corn-harvester, a passage-way along which the standing corn is fed having a pivoted floor inclined upward from front to rear, a rearwardly-inclined binder at the rear thereof having a deck connected with and forming a continuation of said floor and telescopically movable in and out with relation thereto, substantially as described.

14:. In a corn-harvester, a passage-wayhaving a floor inclined upward from front to rear, a binder at the rear thereof, a deck for said binder connected with said floor by a sliding connection,and means for adj usting said deck by sliding it in and out, substantially as described.

15. In a corn-harvester, a rearwardly-im 

